This is not your same old Physics Department. Beginning this fall, UW-Milwaukee’s newly renamed Physics & Astronomy Department is enjoying a novel title that reflects the strengths of its fields of study. While our faculty and students continue to carry …
All work and no play? No thank you, says Cassie Coffey. For her, work is play. Coffey is the Director of Playful Experiences at DuPage Children’s Museum in Naperville, Illinois. She oversees a team of over 50 employees whose primary …
Name: Torrince “Tori” Aster (formerly Tori Freund) Graduation Year: 2020 Major: Women’s & Gender Studies Job: Doula at Greater Love Birth and Community Care and midwife-in-training with Transitions Birth Services “Call the Midwife” is a surprisingly accurate show, said Tori Aster. They would know; …
UWM Chinese program students Owen Czubin, Emmanuel Weber, and Hidayah Osman spent three weeks over the summer learning about emerging technologies and experiencing Chinese culture at the Shanghai University of Finance and Economics. For the students, it was a dream …
In September, the UWM Biological Sciences Greenhouse participated in the city-wide Doors Open Milwaukee event, a two-day public celebration of Milwaukee’s art, architecture, culture, and history. Visitors were invited to explore behind-the-scenes of 160-plus unique and interesting spaces around Milwaukee that are …
Dr. Robert Greenler saw the world differently. Where most people marvel at the beauty of a rainbow or a snowflake, Greenler was marveling at the physics behind them. He made it his life’s mission to help others look at the …
This semester, UW-Milwaukee is debuting its undergraduate Multidisciplinary Data Analytics and Applied Artificial Intelligence certificate. The new certificate is designed to complement nearly any academic major so that students are prepared not only for a career in their field, but …
The University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee | Make New Waves celebrates our community’s curiosity, creativity and impact. At UWM, ideas create ripples that grow into waves of progress that uplift entire communities. Those ripples start in labs, libraries, studios and on the …
Every year, graduates from the College of Letters & Science enter the workforce and begin to contribute thousands of dollars to their local, state, and national economies. They bring the skills and knowledge they gained at UW-Milwaukee to their jobs, …
Have you ever typed a question into ChatGPT and had it return an answer that was almost, but just not quite, right? Khatera Nazari knows that frustration well. Northwestern Mutual Insurance Company has an internal AI system that, just like …
You’re familiar with the image of a wise old man meditating on a mountaintop as a weary traveler climbs the treacherous path to ask this sage for his knowledge. But how did that wise man get up the mountain? How …
It’s the start of another wonderful year at UW-Milwaukee! UWM Chancellor Thomas Gibson welcomed our newest Panthers at Spaights Plaza with words of encouragement, a family selfie and one of the first big traditions of their college journey, the official …
There’s power in every idea. Like a drop hitting the water’s surface, an idea creates ripples of change that can grow into waves of incredible impact. At UW-Milwaukee, those ripples shape research that: The work done by our faculty, students, …
As Leonardo da Vinci once said, “La naturaleza es el major maestro” – “Nature is the best teacher.” That may be true, but Eugenio Calderon is no slouch either. Calderon, who graduated from UWM last year, is one of the …
As another school year begins at UW-Milwaukee, the College of Letters & Science is excited to formally welcome Xin Yu as a member of the faculty. He has spent the last two years as a visiting assistant professor in the …
